Cargo Work

Taylor, L.G.: 1970 UK, hardcover with dust jacket, 236 pages, illustrated and with attachments. Cargo Work. The Care, Handling and Carriage of Cargoes by Captain L.G. Taylor is a classic practical textbook for merchant navy officers on the safe handling, stowage and carriage of all main classes of cargo, from general and bulk cargoes to refrigerated, deck and dangerous goods. Using examples, diagrams and stability considerations it explains hatchwork, stowage properties, damage prevention and modern unit load systems, and has long been used as a standard cargo-handling reference in nautical education and on board. In very good condition